Science

Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.

From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts

How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard's Dale Jorgenson advocates taxing carbon and recycling the revenue

A plan for controlling greenhouse gases while enhancing economic growth

The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates

The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates.

Harvard engineers craft long-lasting structural colors

Inspired by birds’ feathers, engineers craft long-lasting structural colors.

by Katherine Xue

Harvard researcher David Foster on the slow death of the hemlock tree

A tiny insect, the woolly adelgid, is killing off these giant evergreens.

by Laura Levis

Early human history brought to light by genetics

Genetics sheds light on early human history.

by Katherine Xue

Brief life of Cuban naturalist Felipe Poey, by Lindsay Brownell

Brief life of Cuba’s greatest naturalist: 1799-1891

by Lindsay Brownell

Radcliffe Institute panel discusses the science and ethics of engineering life

A Radcliffe Institute panel discusses the science and ethics of engineering life.

Marc Lipsitch says avian flu experiments risk public health

Marc Lipsitch questions the ethics of creating new transmissible strains.

Faded Rothko murals renewed with corrective light

“Restored” by technology, Harvard Murals anchor inaugural exhibition.

by Francesca Annic...